Improvement in field-fences



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

F. L. SEXTON, OF WELLINGTON, OHIO.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. lla'ld, dated November 22, 1864.

To LU whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1,1?. L. SEXTON, of Wellington, in the county of Lorain and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Field-Fences; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and com plete description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a top View ofthe fence. is aside View. Fig. 3 is an end view.

Like letters of reference denote like parts in the ditl'erent views.

The panels A and B. forming the fence, are made ot` square or rectangular bars a, with a post, b, at each end and a stile, b', in the middle. The posts do not enter the ground, but are retained in a vertical position by braces g g, made or' a metallic rod, bent in the middle, so as to form an eye, through which is placed a pin, It, that is put through the post. The ends ot' the wire rod forming the braces are fastened to pins h', that are driven into the ground, iirmly securing the posts in an upright position. Instead ot' the metallic braces, wooden ones can be used, as represented atm on in Fig. 3. These braces are made of asuitable form and driven into the ground, the upper ends coming together and crossing between the posts, so that a pin, p, can be put through them and the post on each side, as seen in Fig. 2. The panels are thus secured in a vertical position, and can be turned around at any Fig. 2

time on the pins p and h at the ends, as indi cated by the dotted line R in Fig. 3, forming a swing-gate. The pins p and h answer a double purpose of securing the braces and allowing the panels to be swung round. A gate of this kind is very desirable ot'ten to allow small animals to pass through and not the large ones.

The bars a. of the panels are square, being` the most convenient and economical way ot' preparing them, as they can be sawd out in that form, and need no further prepa "ation, only to be rounded a little on the ends Where they enter the posts. They pass in a square form through round holes in the stile in tLe middle.

The holes in the posts and stiles areall round, as they can be more readily prepared in that way.

A eldl'ence is thus formed in a most eco nt niital nianner, ard that will belilttuise dura ble, neat in iorm, and any panel ot' it can be converted into a` swing-gate, as the posts at the ends more free inside ofthe braces.

What I claim as my improvement, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The special arrangement of rectangular bars a, stiles b', posts I), in combination with the braces g g and m on and pins p and h, when constructed as and for the purpose set forth.

F. L. SEXTON.

Titnesses W. H. BURRIDGE, A. W. MGULELLAND. 

